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| Polish soccer club charged over 'jihad' banner |
| 2011-10-10 |
| Legia Warsaw has been charged by UEFA after its fans displayed an offensive banner before a Europa League game against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Polish club's fans unfurled a green banner saying "Jihad Legia" in Arabic-style script across one end of the stadium on September 29. UEFA rules prohibit acts of a "political, offensive or provocative nature" at matches. The European football authority says its disciplinary panel will review the case on November 17. UEFA has the power to order Legia to play future European competition matches in an empty stadium. The teams will play again in Israel on December 15. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 What a double standart - Israeli Hapoel's logo with hammer and sickle is offensive to all post-communist Eastern Europe. I do not recall any club in Europe siplaying svastikas in public. Likewise Hapoel's fans displaying posters with comrade Stalin is a virtual slap in face for families of all victims as well... |
| Posted by: vendaval 2011-10-10 22:29 |
| #2 I believe that fans of certain Italian soccer teams make a loud gas-like hissing sound when they play Israeli teams in Il Duce's homeland. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-10-10 14:22 |
| #1 Which reopens the old debate: were all the "Operation Reinhard" death camps established in Poland for geographical reasons or because Polish hatred of Jews made the murders more acceptable to a large populace of Jew-baiters. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-10-10 14:20 |